Tuition

A new proposal by President Mark G. Yudof would seek a $411-million hike in state funding for the 2012-13 academic year while adding courses and hiring professors.

The University of California will not raise tuition this school year even if state budget triggers are pulled next month and the system loses another $100 million, UC President Mark Yudof said today.

The wave of anger at banks that has swept the country with the recent Occupy movement is coming to California college campuses next week.

It's bad enough; the president's loan initiative will make it that much worse

First the dot.coms popped, then mortgages. Are student loans and higher education the next bubble, the latest investment craze inflating on borrowed money and misplaced faith it can never go bad?

The University of Charleston will slash tuition rates by 22 percent next year in an effort to bolster enrollment.

Students who graduated from college in 2010 with student loans owed an average of $25,250, up 5 percent from the previous year, according to a report scheduled for release Thursday.

As Washington's prepaid tuition program opens to new participants Tuesday, the plan may not seem like much of a bargain to people who bought in years ago. But that's the inevitable result of the keeping up with the state's skyrocketing tuition.

In a recent video addressed to the public, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan again reiterated the importance of income-based student loan repayment options and weighed in on the significance of community colleges.

The state Board of Higher Education plans to recommend a tuition increase for the fall of 2012 at Rhode Island's three public colleges.